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>>592519
Is it me, or is this weird, sadistic providence/anti-providence pattern-searching deal pretty much just pagan bullshit?
>Our countries are more resilient!
>Our countries are richer!
>Our countries are doing better!
>Our colonies are doing better!
And of course, when the roles are reversed, you get into weird "Our terrorists are your freedom fighters" type things, where some impoverished guy getting tortured to death is a worthy martyr, while some good church-going gal getting raped and beheaded is some faithless heretic getting her just reward for stubbornly rejecting the OBVIOUS(of course) truth.
I'm glad i read St. Augustine's treaty on the subject, written when the romans were accusing us of the same crap, with the same arguments, paper showing how all this narrative makes no sense, so i can avoid this weird, macroscale version of the prosperity gospel.
Tbh, i think if i was some immortal Wandering Jew type figure, and guided myself off who is more properous and moral, i would have changed my religion 8 times by now.
>>592478
Now, if only we could get red, orange and yellow to get back together….